Muon Storage Ring Neutrino Sources:
A Brief History/Bibliography
A. Early History: Muon storage ring source in which energetic
pions are injected into a ring, decay to produce muons captured
within the ring, which in turn decay -> neutrino beam. This idea
was proposed several times, but has the basic problem that the
neutrino beam intensity is low.
1. D. G. Koshkarev, "Proposal for a decay ring to produce
intense secondary particle beams at the SPS",
CERN/ISR-DI/74-62, 1974.
Synopsis: Proposed a general ring to capture pi/K and
allow them to decay. Considered neutrino beams, including
those from the muon decays. Calculated fluxes, although
not with the correct expressions for muon decay. The fluxes
were very small. Physics motivation not considered.
2. D. Cline and D. Neuffer, "A muon storage ring for neutrino
oscillation experiments", AIP Conf. Proc.. 68, 846 (1980).
Synopsis: Proposed exploiting the FNAL antiproton debuncher
as a muon decay neutrino source with a 100 ton detector 0.5 km
from the source. Quotes event rate. Does not consider physics
potential. Ascribes idea to:
2a. Stan Wojcicki, unpublished (1974), and
2b. T. Collins, unpublished (1975).
3. W. Lee (spokesperson) et al., FNAL Proposal P860, "A Search for
neutrino oscillations using the Fermilab Debuncher", 1992.
Synopsis: Proposed experiment at the FNAL antiproton debuncher
as a muon decay neutrino source for a short baseline search for
nu_e -> nu_tau oscillations. Considered physics case, and presented
fluxes and interaction rates. However, these were marginal, and
the experiment was not approved.
B. Modern Ideas: The neutrino factory. Muons are created from an
intense pion source at low energies, their phase space compressed
to produce a bright beam which is then accelerated to the desired
energy and injected into a storage ring with long straight sections
pointing in the desired direction. This can produce very high
intensity neutrino beams.
1. S. Geer, "Neutrino beams from muon storage rings: characteristics
and physics potential", FERMILAB-PUB-97-389, 1997; Presented in
the Workshop on Physics at the First Muon Collider and Front-End
of a Muon Collider, November, 1997, and Published in
Phys.Rev.D57:6989-6997,1998.
Synopsis: Proposed using a muon source of the type being developed
for muon colliders, coupled with a muon storage ring neutrino source.
Calculated fluxes and rates versus baseline length, muon energy, angles,
and polarization. Considered oscillation physics potential. Proposed
tilting the ring at large angle to shoot through the Earth. Proposed
searching for nu_e -> nu_mu and nu_tau oscillations by searching for
wrong-sign muons. Proposed exploiting the muon polarization to turn
on/off nu_e processes. Rates large and physics reach interesting.
Pointed out that at high energies, event rates are very large enabling
neutrino physics with small and highly instrumented detectors.
2. C. Johnstone, "High intensity muon storage rings for neutrino
production: Lattice design", Presented in
the Workshop on Physics at the First Muon Collider and Front-End
of a Muon Collider (November 1997), FERMILAB-TM-2036, May 1998.
Synopsis: Described a storage ring design capable of realizing
the beams described in Phys.Rev.D57:6989-6997,1998.
3. C. Ankenbrandt, S. Geer; "Accelerator scenario and parameters for
the first muon collider and front-end of a muon collider",
FERMILAB-CONF-98-086, Mar 1998.
Synopsis: Described the scenario set for the "Workshop on physics
at the first muon collider and front-end of a muon collider", and
proposed using the muon accelerator rings (RLAs) for a muon collider
as a neutrino source. Presented the very large neutrino rates pulse
by pulse.
4. D. Harris and K. McFarland; "Detectors for neutrino physics at the
first muon collider", MIT-LNS-98-276, Nov 1997; hep-ex/9804009.
Synopsis: Described compact highly instrumented detector ideas
that could exploit neutrino rates in the scenario described in
FERMILAB-CONF-98-086. See also: B. King, hep-ex/9907033.
5. J. Ellis, E. Keil, G. Rolandi, "Options for future colliders at CERN",
CERN-EP-98-03, Jan 1998.
B. Autin et al. "Physics opportunities at a CERN based neutrino factory",
CERN-SPSC-98-30, Oct 1998.
D. Finley, S. Geer, J. Sims; "Muon Colliders: A Vision for the Future
of Fermilab", FERMILAB-TM-2072, Jun 1999.
Synopsis: These reports first proposed neutrino factories as a first step
towards a muon collider.
6. A. Bueno, M. Campanelli, A. Rubbia; "Long baseline neutrino oscillation
disappearance search using a neutrino beam from muon decays",
ETHZ-IPP-PR-98-05, Aug 1998; hep-ph/9808485.
A. Bueno, M. Campanelli, A. Rubbia; "A medium baseline search for
nu_mu -> nu_e oscillations at a neutrino beam from muon decays",
CERN-EP-98-140, Sep 1998; hep-ph/9809252.
Synopsis: Based on the ideas in Phys.Rev.D57:6989-6997,1998 proposed
an oscillation experiment at CERN.
7. S. Geer, C. Johnstone, D. Neuffer; "Muon Storage Ring Neutrino Source:
The Path to a Muon Collider ?", FERMILAB-TM-2073, Mar 1999.
S. Geer, C. Johnstone, D. Neuffer; "Design concepts for a muon storage
ring neutrino source", FERMILAB-PUB-99-121, Apr 1999.
Synopsis: These reports were early design summaries that further
established the approximate neutrino fluxes that might be achieved
with a muon storage ring neutrino source.
8. B. Autin, A. Blondel, J. Ellis (editors); "Prospective Study of Muon
Storage Rings at CERN", CERN 99-02, April 1999.
Synopsis: First group-type study report of physics at a neutrino factory.
First indications that CP violation might not be completely out
of reach.
9. Pre-Lyon Physics papers based on rates in Phys.Rev.D57:6989-6997,1998.
V. Barger, T. Weiler, K. Whisnant; hep-ph/9712495; Phys.Lett.B427:97-104,1998
S. Bilenkii, C. Giunti, W. Grimus; hep-ph/9712537; Phys.Rev.D58:033001,1998
S. Geer, FERMILAB-CONF-97-417, Dec 1997.
P. Langacker, J. Wang; hep-ph/9802383; Phys.Rev.D58:093004,1998.
S. Gibbons, R. Mohapatra, S. Nandi, A. Raychaudhuri; hep-ph/9803299;
Phys.Lett.B430:296,1998.
Chris Quigg; FERMILAB-CONF-98-073-T, Nov 1997; hep-ph/9803326.
V. Barger; MADPH-98-1040, Mar 1998; hep-ph/9803480 .
S. Geer; FERMILAB-CONF-98-063, Feb 1998.
S.M. Bilenkii, C. Giunti, W. Grimus, T. Schwetz; UWTHPH-1998-19, Apr 1998;
hep-ph/9804421.
V. Barger, S. Pakvasa, T. Weiler, K. Whisnant; hep-ph/9806328;
Phys.Rev.D58:093016,1998.
V. Barger, S. Pakvasa, T. Weiler, K. Whisnant; hep-ph/9806387;
Phys.Lett.B437:107-116,1998.
V. Barger, S. Pakvasa, T. Weiler, K. Whisnant; hep-ph/9807319;
Phys.Lett.B440:1-6,1998.
G. Barenboim, F. Scheck; hep-ph/9808327; Phys.Lett.B440:332,1998.
V. Barger; MADPH-98-1068, Jul 1998; hep-ph/9808353.
Y. Kuno, L. Littenberg; KEK-PREPRINT-98-108, Aug 1998.
K. Zuber; hep-ex/9810022.
Boris Kayser; hep-ph/9810513.
J.M. Conrad; hep-ex/9811009.
K. Zuber; hep-ph/9811267; Phys.Rept.305:295-364,1998.
A. De Rujula, M.B. Gavela, P. Hernandez; hep-ph/9811390,
Nucl.Phys.B547:21-38,1999.
V. Barger, K. Whisnant; hep-ph/9812273; Phys.Rev.D59:093007,1999.
Norbert Schmitz; MPI-PHE-98-15, Feb 1999; hep-ex/9902027.
V. Barger, Yuan-Ben Dai, K. Whisnant, Bing-Lin Young; hep-ph/9901388;
Phys.Rev.D59:113010,1999.
Hoang Ngoc Long, Takeo Inami; hep-ph/9902475.
V. Barger; MADPH-99-1103, Jan 1999; hep-ph/9903250.
R. Adhikari, G. Omanovic; Phys.Rev.D59:073003,1999.
S. Dutta, R. Gandhi, B. Mukhopadhyaya; MRI-PHY-P990512, May 1999;
hep-ph/9905475.
P. Fisher, B. Kayser, K. McFarland; LNS-99-288, Jun 1999; hep-ph/9906244.
C. Giunti; DFTT-35-99, Jun 1999; hep-ph/9906456.
V. Barger, S. Geer, K. Whisnant; FERMILAB-PUB-99-187-T, Jun 1999;
hep-ph/9906487.
Morimitsu Tanimoto; hep-ph/9906516.
John Ellis; CERN-TH-99-225, Jun 1999; hep-ph/9907458.
Last updated 14th Oct, 1999
S. Geer sgeer@fnal.gov